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I Search For Abandoned Buildings All Around Europe And Photograph Them
When I was young, I fell in love with abandoned buildings. After I got a camera as a present, I started photographing the beauty there. I mostly photograph empty buildings with great staircases or interiors.
I simply adore old decaying architecture, their patterns and textures – they remind me that everything is impermanent. Abandoned architecture photography is my ongoing project and I often travel around Europe looking for abandoned buildings.
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PatriciaDeLaet 9 years ago
Wonderful photos! I would love to know where these buildings and what they are. Would you consider adding that info?
JacquiHill 9 years ago
such a lot of beautiful buildings with awesome architectural features going to wrack and ruin makes me want to cry :( great photos tho
ShereenSeyam 9 years ago
there is also the idea that beauty exists even in the ruins if it resides in the eye of the beholder.
SusannaVesna 9 years ago
And they say there is no place to keep the immigrants! Look at these abandoned mansions! Fix them up and loads of people could live in there!!
Imperfekt 9 years ago
I could just imagine the sounds, and voices, music and performances in each from times past.
Luspea 9 years ago
Abandoned buildings have something magical in them. How many of them were hunted? ;D
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i do this over 5 years i can't count how many i visited
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GeorgeRozehnal 9 years ago
Amazing witnesses to our not so distant yesteryear... These sites MUST be preserved and their glory restored. Not sure if removing paintings and other art from such places for safe storage would constitute theft. Hope not, for the sake of the abandoned art..
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i took only photos there. thanks alot for your kind words
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AnneLau 9 years ago
@Jacqui Hill: I agree about these photos being great (breathtakingly beautiful, I would say), but they don't make me feel sad at all, on the contrary. Actually, I think they encapsulate the beauty of transience perfectly. It's almost poetic how capturing the decay freezes the process in time. Very wabi-sabi.
ΗλιαςΠουλικιδης 9 years ago
Ι envy you a lot.. Here in Greece (at least around my region) most buildings are insignificant and are hard to get in, still the feeling of getting in these buildings stays the same, at most..
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i travel a lot to become a good photo like you see
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PeterLedoux 9 years ago
Yes Patricia, exactly what I was thinking. Where and what are these places?
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i don't share some info about abandoned locations to protect them. a lot of buildings are destroyed from sprayer and vandals after the public on web. hope for understanding and the imagination is a part of the image
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NicCarpenter 9 years ago
These just make me think "if I had the money what brilliantly places to restore into beautiful homes..."
BonitaBielawski 9 years ago
Wow. The amount of abandoned piano's! And I cant believe the beautiful building are abandoned. In south Africa where I come from you wouldnt find any abandoned buildings, people will squat in them. And Piano's would be sold on, not abandoned. Practically any second hand furniture has value here. All of it gets re-used.
Sonia.Alexandra 9 years ago
Simply astonishing photos! O.O These can take your breath away. Amazing!
BeatrijsAnckaert 9 years ago
my hart bleeds while seeing all this builders beaty, thinking of the ugly concrete blocks rising everywhere. Why do we not care for this overwhelming old places.........?
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
that's a good question i think all things must die.
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christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
many thanks for your kind words
Load More Replies... Pemberton 9 years ago
I'm a bit worried to see the pic of the ruined hospital. There seem to be some organs and chemicals left. I hope the photographer didn't get mysterious virus or something after visiting there!
Luspea 9 years ago
It would be interesting to know at least the countries in which those buildings are
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
around europe germany, france, italy, belgium
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Atlantis31 9 years ago
Photos are amazing, but the most important thifs are missing : what it was, where, why it is abandonned and when. Because, for me, it is not the place itself, but the memories of the people who were here that i see in the pictures...
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
hello Atlantis the imagination is a part of the image
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christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
Hello Eddie i don't share some info about abandoned locations to protect them. a lot of buildings are destroyed from sprayer and vandals after the public on web. hope for understanding
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Jeannine Bolink 8 years ago
Great pics, Christian! I love those old ruined abandoned buildings. Makes one wonder why and how people left those lovely places...
NancyHelgeson 8 years ago
Amazing photography, and so mystical! Like others who responded here, I would love to at least know what country and what the structure used to be.
GuilianaFabiano 8 years ago
I'd like to see many of these restored, if possible. What amazing houses those churches would make!!! Never mind all that magnificent plaster work!!!
KarenChaddock 8 years ago
Some interesting photos. It makes me wonder what happened there that people abandoned them and left valuable books and paintings behind ?
IndustrialRosePhotography 8 years ago
These are amazing photographs! I wish I could get to photograph such beauty! Maybe check out my page and see some of the abandoned places I have photographed in the Widwest of the US
PatriciaDeLaet 9 years ago
Wonderful photos! I would love to know where these buildings and what they are. Would you consider adding that info?
JacquiHill 9 years ago
such a lot of beautiful buildings with awesome architectural features going to wrack and ruin makes me want to cry :( great photos tho
ShereenSeyam 9 years ago
there is also the idea that beauty exists even in the ruins if it resides in the eye of the beholder.
SusannaVesna 9 years ago
And they say there is no place to keep the immigrants! Look at these abandoned mansions! Fix them up and loads of people could live in there!!
Imperfekt 9 years ago
I could just imagine the sounds, and voices, music and performances in each from times past.
Luspea 9 years ago
Abandoned buildings have something magical in them. How many of them were hunted? ;D
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i do this over 5 years i can't count how many i visited
Load More Replies... GeorgeRozehnal 9 years ago
Amazing witnesses to our not so distant yesteryear... These sites MUST be preserved and their glory restored. Not sure if removing paintings and other art from such places for safe storage would constitute theft. Hope not, for the sake of the abandoned art..
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i took only photos there. thanks alot for your kind words
Load More Replies... AnneLau 9 years ago
@Jacqui Hill: I agree about these photos being great (breathtakingly beautiful, I would say), but they don't make me feel sad at all, on the contrary. Actually, I think they encapsulate the beauty of transience perfectly. It's almost poetic how capturing the decay freezes the process in time. Very wabi-sabi.
ΗλιαςΠουλικιδης 9 years ago
Ι envy you a lot.. Here in Greece (at least around my region) most buildings are insignificant and are hard to get in, still the feeling of getting in these buildings stays the same, at most..
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i travel a lot to become a good photo like you see
Load More Replies... PeterLedoux 9 years ago
Yes Patricia, exactly what I was thinking. Where and what are these places?
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
i don't share some info about abandoned locations to protect them. a lot of buildings are destroyed from sprayer and vandals after the public on web. hope for understanding and the imagination is a part of the image
Load More Replies... NicCarpenter 9 years ago
These just make me think "if I had the money what brilliantly places to restore into beautiful homes..."
BonitaBielawski 9 years ago
Wow. The amount of abandoned piano's! And I cant believe the beautiful building are abandoned. In south Africa where I come from you wouldnt find any abandoned buildings, people will squat in them. And Piano's would be sold on, not abandoned. Practically any second hand furniture has value here. All of it gets re-used.
Sonia.Alexandra 9 years ago
Simply astonishing photos! O.O These can take your breath away. Amazing!
BeatrijsAnckaert 9 years ago
my hart bleeds while seeing all this builders beaty, thinking of the ugly concrete blocks rising everywhere. Why do we not care for this overwhelming old places.........?
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
that's a good question i think all things must die.
Load More Replies... christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
many thanks for your kind words
Load More Replies... Pemberton 9 years ago
I'm a bit worried to see the pic of the ruined hospital. There seem to be some organs and chemicals left. I hope the photographer didn't get mysterious virus or something after visiting there!
Luspea 9 years ago
It would be interesting to know at least the countries in which those buildings are
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
around europe germany, france, italy, belgium
Load More Replies... Atlantis31 9 years ago
Photos are amazing, but the most important thifs are missing : what it was, where, why it is abandonned and when. Because, for me, it is not the place itself, but the memories of the people who were here that i see in the pictures...
christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
hello Atlantis the imagination is a part of the image
Load More Replies... christianrichter (Post author) 9 years ago
Hello Eddie i don't share some info about abandoned locations to protect them. a lot of buildings are destroyed from sprayer and vandals after the public on web. hope for understanding
Load More Replies... Jeannine Bolink 8 years ago
Great pics, Christian! I love those old ruined abandoned buildings. Makes one wonder why and how people left those lovely places...
NancyHelgeson 8 years ago
Amazing photography, and so mystical! Like others who responded here, I would love to at least know what country and what the structure used to be.
GuilianaFabiano 8 years ago
I'd like to see many of these restored, if possible. What amazing houses those churches would make!!! Never mind all that magnificent plaster work!!!
KarenChaddock 8 years ago
Some interesting photos. It makes me wonder what happened there that people abandoned them and left valuable books and paintings behind ?
IndustrialRosePhotography 8 years ago
These are amazing photographs! I wish I could get to photograph such beauty! Maybe check out my page and see some of the abandoned places I have photographed in the Widwest of the US
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